Audley End House and Gardens (English Heritage)

Audley End
Saffron Walden
Essex
CB11 4JF
England

Website

Telephone

Disabled access: Tel 01799 522842

Fax

01799 521 276

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
An exterior shot of Audley End House and Gardens
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Audley End House and Gardens is one of England’s grandest seventeenth century country homes with over 30 lavishly decorated rooms and magnificent grounds.

Venue Type:

Heritage site, Museum, Historic house or home, Garden, parklands or rural site

 Opening hours

1-31 Oct Wed-Sun 10am – 5pm (House 12pm-4pm), 1 Nov-12 Feb Sat-Sun 10am-4pm (Gardens, Stables and Service Wing only. House closed), 13-17 Feb Wed-Fri 10am-4pm (Gardens, Stables and Service Wing only. House closed). 18 Feb-31 Mar Sat-Sun 10am - 4pm (Gardens, Stables and Service Wing only. House closed), Closed 24 - 26 Dec and 1 Jan

 Admission charges

12.50/11.30/7.50/32.50 Full estate, 8.70/7.80/5.20/22.60 Stables, Service Wing & Gardens (not available on event days)

Discounts

  • English Heritage
 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Foreign language leaflet or brochure available
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Restaurant
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
 Disability access
  • Parking for disabled available
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to some public areas
  • Wheelchairs available for loan
 Schools services and facilities
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
  • Education facilities available

Audley End
Saffron Walden
Essex
CB11 4JF
England

Website

Telephone

Disabled access: Tel 01799 522842

Fax

01799 521 276

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

Collection details

Natural Sciences, Costume and Textiles, Decorative and Applied Art, World Cultures, Fine Art

Collections services

  • General guide to collections available
  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

Audley End
Saffron Walden
Essex
CB11 4JF
England

Website

Telephone

Disabled access: Tel 01799 522842

Fax

01799 521 276

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.
 Face to face resources

Victorian Values Discovery Visit

Explore the life of a Victorian servant in a completely different way - meet Mrs Warwick, the formidable housekeeper to the Braybrooke family at Audley End House. Students will find out about life in the Service Wing and hear the tales of the servants who toiled there, before trying their hand at activities such as sheet-folding and vegetable preparation in the new purpose-built education room. Groups are encouraged to come dressed in Victorian costume. Servants' aprons are provided.
Duration: 1 1/2 hours
Key Stage: 1, 2, History
Book a free tour to follow the workshop and use it to compare the grand rooms of the masters with the stark accommodation for the servants.

How to obtain

Call 01223 582732 to arrange a 1 ½ hour tour each Wednesday-Friday during term time, except 24th December and 31st January. Price £60 per group of up to 30 pupils until April 2009, £75 per group after April 2009. Visit http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.19491 for more information.

Audley End
Saffron Walden
Essex
CB11 4JF
England

Website

Telephone

Disabled access: Tel 01799 522842

Fax

01799 521 276

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

Related teaching activities

Key stage 2 history, 1-2 lessons

Organisation and communication

Write a short history of Audley House and Gardens, exploring the main reasons for the construction of the buildings and grounds and why they developed in the way they did.

Key stage 2 maths, 1 lesson

Ma3 Shape, space and measure

Look at pictures of Audley House and Gardens. Can you see any examples of symmetry in the building or the landscape?

Key stage 3 art and design, 1-2 lessons

1.1 Designing and making

The Elysian Garden at Audley End House is a woodland grove with a Palladian bridge and water cascade. Imagine you have been asked to design a small bridge for your school grounds. Draw your designs and present them to the class.

Key stage 3 geography, Small project

1.1 Place

Carry out research into Audley House and Gardens, looking at the location and other geographical issues. Share your findings on the interactive whiteboard.

Key stage 3 ICT, 1-2 lessons

2.2 Developing ideas

Use ICT software to draw a map of Audley House and Gardens in relation to the local area.